Fritt Ord Award consists of two prizes awarded by the Fritt Ord Foundation (Stiftelsen Fritt Ord). Two prizes are awarded in support of freedom of speech and freedom of expression; the Fritt Ord Award () and the Fritt Ord Honorary Award (). These are awards are distributed annually during the month of May in connection with the anniversary of the liberation of Norway at the end of World War II in May 1945. Prizes are awarded to one or more persons or organizations that have contributed to areas where the organization works, especially in the work of freedom of expression. In addition to a monetary reward, the award includes a statue by sculptor Nils Aas. Fritt Ord Foundation was founded on 7 June 1974 by Jens Henrik Nordlie (1910–1996) who served as CEO of Narvesen from 1957 to 1975, corporate director Finn Skedsmo and jurist Jens Christian Hauge (1915–2006) . The foundation was funded by Narvesen, the Norwegian based chain of convenience stores and news outlets. Fritt Ord Award These are the laureates of the Fritt Ord Award: 1976 : Johan Vogt 1977 : Henrik Groth 1978 : Kim Friele 1979 : Stein Mehren 1980 : Andrey Sakharov 1982 : Lech Walesa and Hallvard Rieber-Mohn 1983 : Kjetil Bang-Hansen 1984 : Nordnorsk forfatterlag 1985 : Den illegale presses forening 1986 : Magli Elster and Torolf Elster 1987 : Nansen Academy 1988 : Leo Eitinger 1989 : Erik Bye 1990 : Charta 77 1991 : Nordland Akademi for Kunst og Vitenskap 1992 : Annette Thommessen 1993 : Rolv Ryssdal 1994 : William Nygaard 1995 : Hanne Sophie Greve 1996 : Arne Skouen 1997 : Kåre Willoch 1998 : Alexander Nikitin 1999 : NRK P2 2000 : Thomas Chr. Wyller 2001 : Nils Christie 2002 : Aslam Ahsan and Shabana Rehman 2003 : Berge Furre 2004 : Unni Wikan 2005 : Nina Witoszek 2006 : Bjørgulv Braanen 2007 : Terje Tvedt 2008 : Per-Yngve Monsen 2009 : Nina Karin Monsen 2010 : Bushra Ishaq and Abid Q. Raja 2011 : Anders Sømme Hammer 2012 : Sara Azmeh Rasmussen 2013 : Per Fugelli 2014 : Anne Sender 2015 : Robin Schaefer and Jan Erik Skog 2016 : Robert Mood 2017 : Dag og Tid 2018 : Harald Amdal, Eirik Linaker Berglund, Thor Harald Henriksen and Kenneth Hætta 2019 : Natur og Ungdom and Greta Thunberg 2020 : Deeyah Khan. 2021 : Jan Grue,